Product Description

Elizabeth Wurtzel published her memoir of depression, Prozac Nation, to astonishing literary acclaim. A cultural phenomenon by age twenty-six, she had fame, money, respecteverything she had always wanted except that one, true thing: happiness.

For all of her professional success, Wurtzel felt like a failure. She had lost friends and lovers, every magazine job she'd held, and way too much weight. She couldn't write, and her second book was past due. But when her doctor prescribed Ritalin to help her focus-and boost the effects of her antidepressants -- Wurtzel was spared. The Ritalin worked. And worked. The pills became her sugar...the sweetness in the days that have none. Soon she began grinding up the Ritalin and snorting it. Then came the cocaine, then more Ritalin, then more cocaine. Then I need more. I always need more. For all of my life I have needed more...

More, Now, Again is the brutally honest, often painful account of Wurtzel's descent into drug addiction. It is also a love story: How Wurtzel managed to break free of her relationship with Ritalin and learned to love life, and herself, is at the heart of this ultimately uplifting memoir that no reader will soon forget.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156612 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-31
• Released on: 2002-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
Jeff Guin Fort Worth Star-Telegram Wurtzel is...an amazing writer. -- Review

Review
USA TodayFunny, honest, her terror is palpable.

Will BlytheElleMore, Now, Again (has) the frothy pleasures of a Jacqueline Susann novel as written by a spiky Harvard girl.

Kera BolonikBookMore, Now, Again, a visceral and at times mordantly funny book...is (Wurtzel's) finest work to date -- a breathtaking read from beginning to end.

Kirkus ReviewsGenerational spokesperson Wurtzel pens a...moving account of her battle withdrug addiction...a wake-up call about the abusive potential of Ritalin -- and a searing account of a long, deadly dalliance with destruction.

Jeff GuinFort Worth Star-TelegramWurtzel is...an amazing writer.

About the Author
Elizabeth Wurtzel is the author of the bestselling books Prozac Nation and Bitch and a Harvard graduate whose work has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, New York, The Guardian, and The Oxford American. She lives in New York City.

Customer Reviews

Please just stop
I had no idea anyone could be this self involved...how many books about herself are we all going to get? 12? 20? Reading this was truly an ordeal; I should have known better. People who actually do something other than stare at their reflection and sigh deserve memoirs and biographies...she is just wasting perfectly good paper.

She was published initially because there was sex! and drugs!...etc... and she looked pretty in the photo shoots - I guess we just need for her to wrinkle up and then we'll be spared yet more of this inane self pitying dross.

Autobiographical drug recovery
This book was okay. The author describes her descent into cocaine abuse and her subsequent recovery. She comes off as whiney and bitchy at times. Also, she makes you question her dedication to her work as she describes her excessive drugging during the creation of her books (designed to empower).

"Ritalin and Cocaine Nation"
"More, Now, Again" is a sequel of sorts to Wurtzel's generation-defining "Prozac Nation." After receiving a six-figure advance for her second book of non-fiction, Wurtzel became addicted to Ritalin and cocaine. This memoir, like her first book, is honest, moving, and funny. If you want a realistic yet entertaining take on addiction (as opposed to, say, James Frey's "Million Little Pieces"), chances are that you'll enjoy this book.

Wurtzel is a divisive literary figure who appeared topless on the cover of her second book, and such publicity stunts have turned a lot of readers off. Her behavior in "More, Now, Again," including sleeping with a married man and having an abortion, turned even more readers off. It's a shame, too, because this book is as unconventional and entertaining as Wurtzel is as a literary celebrity.